Vocabulary words
Includes a monologue a single actor's long speech, an understudy a backup performer, and an ad-lib improvised lines or actions. 1, 2, 3
What is Speech & Roles
In Inside Out, what is the name of Riley's pink, elephant-cat-dolphin imaginary friend who ultimately fades away in the Memory Dump?
Who is Bing Bong
A software program designed to perform a specific task or group of functions directly for a user or, in some cases, for another application.
What is a App/application
What is the name of the imaginary, invisible wall that separates the actors on stage from the audience in a realistic style of drama?
What is The Fourth Wall
The Irish playwright combined sparkling wit with social commentary in works like Pygmalion.
Who is George Bernard Shaw
Precise actor movement positioning, and the specific signal for a technical or acting action.
What is Blocking & Cue
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this poisoned item was used by the Wicked Queen use to trick Snow White into a deep sleep?
What is a Polished Red Apple
An online video-sharing platform where users can watch, upload, and share video content.
What is Youtube
What term describes the initial section of a play script's plot where the playwright introduces the setting, background history, and primary characters?
What is Exposition
A pioneer of the Theatre of the Absurd who defined minimalist existentialism in Waiting for Godot.
Who is Samuel Beckett
Covers props handled objected the set scenery and costumes character clothing.
What is Design Elements
In the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, what is the name of Captain Jack Sparrow’s iconic, weathered pirate ship?
What is The Black Pearl
A free messaging and calling app that uses the internet instead of regular cell phone plans.
What is WhatsApp
If an actor is standing on stage and is directed to move "stage right," which direction are they moving relative to their own perspective while facing the audience?
Moving to their own right
The iconic English poet and dramatist wrote enduring masterpieces like Hamlet and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare
The hidden preparation areas and the written text containing dialogue and directions.
What is a Backstage & Script
In The Lion King, what is the name of Mufasa’s treacherous and ambitious brother?
Who is Scar
A popular social media platform and video-sharing application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
What is Tiktok
In a dramatic script, what are the primary structural divisions of a full-length play that are further broken down into individual scenes?
What are Acts
Explored the American dream and collective conscience in Death of a Salesman.
Who is Arthur Miller
Respectively, the part of the stage closest to the audience and the part farthest away.
What is Downstage/Upstage
What is Buzz Lightyear's iconic opening catchphrase in the Toy Story franchise?
What is To Infinity and Beyond
A popular social media and microblogging platform used to share short messages, photos, videos, and links.
What is Twitter
Which type of stage configuration features an audience seated on three sides of the acting space, while the fourth side connects to the backstage area?
What is Thrust Stage
The ancient Greek tragedian authored foundational works of Western drama, including Oedipus Rex.
Who is Sophocles